Erin Foreman-Murray Senior Professorial Lecturer Performing Arts
- Additional Positions at AU
- Director, Dance Program
- Degrees
- MFA, Dance, Hollins University
Postgraduate Certificate, Choreography, Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance
BFA, Dance, Temple University - Bio
- Erin Foreman-Murray is a contemporary dance artist who focuses her creative research on improvisational performance practices. Her choreographic work has been presented by New Faces New Dances (Salzburg), Raw Matters (Vienna), Temple University, the Field, Here[begin] Dance, and in the Philly Fringe Festival. Erin built her early career as a freelance dancer and independent choreographer in Philadelphia, PA. There, she was one of the earliest collaborating members of the Mascher Space Cooperative, co-producing the first Fresh Juice performance series, and serving as the founding director of Philly Dance Cosmos. More recently, Erin served on the faculty and staff at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD) in Salzburg, Austria, for three years. Erin is currently the Director of Dance at 猫咪社区app University, where she co-wrote the curriculum for AU鈥檚 recently launched BA in Dance, winner of the Ann S. Ferren Curriculum Design Award (2018). Erin is currently working on a choreographic project titled Permeable Body. Erin graduated with an MFA in Dance from Hollins University/猫咪社区app Dance Festival. She also holds a post-graduate certificate in choreography from the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance and graduated summa cum laude with a BFA in dance from Temple University.
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Teaching
Spring 2025
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DNCE-055 AU Dance Company
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DNCE-275 Creative Practice